Bidspirit auction | Lot of 2 postal covers

Lot of 2 postal covers from Syria and Lebanon, the 1930s and 1948. (1) A printed cover of the Southern Railways, CENUP DEMIRYOLLARI, CHEMINS DE FER DU SUD, carrying the file reference N 2367/LUD and typewritten to Osmanli Bankasi, Adana, Turkey. Franked with two stamps of the Syrian Republic of 12.50 piastres and 7.50 piastres, cancelled ALEP, and at the lower left two TIMBRE-FISCAL revenue stamps beside a red oval handstamp in Arabic. The face carries a manuscript note: of Alep from 1948, and the printer's imprint runs down the left side of the cover. (2) A printed cover of A. MARGOLIS, BEYROUTH LIBAN, telephone 62-42, post office box 669, addressed by hand to Bank Baalei Habatim Ltd., Herzl str. 16, Tel-Aviv, Palestine, and endorsed IMPRIME at the lower left. Franked with two stamps of the Lebanese Republic, among them the Cedar of Lebanon stamp of 0.50 piastre, cancelled with a Beirut postmark that is not fully legible. The reverse is blank with filing punch holes. Folds, age stains and wear at the edges. Fair to good condition, exactly as photographed. Units in lot: 2